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Given what they can charge and the development that's already taken place, I really can't see why there shouldn't be a choice of tune selected by the flick of a switch (as per a few current 600s) - different fuel management and maybe valve timing to give either maximum power or low down grunt.
What I don't understand is why/how they detune an engine to give less performance and then uses MORE petrol.
I could cope with torque at lower revs and less overall power if it meant I could cruise further (and faster without stopping) with less vibes. Is that really so much to ask ?
With this size of engine, how about a diesel version, if only for the European market ? (Our eleven year old Golf 1.9 turbodiesel produces 90hp, but there's a 110hp version - newer ones produce more - and it can do over 60mpg in a >1 tonne car !)
He's right...
my VW Jetta TDI gets 50 mpg, weighs 3,000 lbs., has a faster top speed (chip modded) than my RSTD which gets 30mpg, weighs 800 lbs., and is slower than any Yamaha has a right to be. -
Nope. The powers that be obviously feel cruiser riders are too dumb to handle any real power, reference the Royal Star and also the Triumph Rocket III Tourer. I've ridden both "before" and "after" models. The RIIIT wouldn't bust the tire loose in the rain... the original RIII did wheelies and scared me.
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is the bike breathing ok? hows the air filters? my bike has never gotten below 38.0 mpg u.s. and i consistantly ride 75-80mph on a non speedo healed 99 venture. (i'm not bragging, i'm just surprised to hear what some of us get for mpgs)
Big Mike
I used the GPS speed and distance for my calculations... speedo is 7mph off, distance was 6% off...
Low fuel light was on at 100 miles.....
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Air filters are new, stock paper elements. I synched the carbs recently, etc. Yesterday afternoon, I tore down the carbs to have a look. Not a lot, a few small things. Idle mixture was at three turns, hauled it back to two. Choke linkage was bent slightly, two enrichener plungers were being POSSIBLY held off their seats. Probably by the original owner who dis this.....
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Hey y'all.
My 2000 MMLTD (41,000 miles) accelerates just like it should under hard throttle going up through the gears. Seems to run great then.
However, it vibrates (misfires?) when I try to accelerate at higway speeds like 50, 60,70, etc.. Acts somewhat like if you tried to accelerate in 5th gear running 20 mph. Shakes.
I checked thoroughly and really don't believe it is anything in the drive train like the middle drive gear bearing or anything in the shaft or rear diff.
From what I see using my timing light, I think my front two coils, wires, plug caps, whatever are the culprit. Took them out (such a pain) and did the resistance test on each item. All checked well within tolerance.
Carbs are synched up perfectly.
I've been wrenching for 37 years and am looking for the simple. Don't want to buy coils if not needed.
Any body had any wires or wire insulation failures.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
Rusty
E G G Z A C T L Y !!!!!!!! I got the same stuff, chugging, lugging sound, low power, poor economy (25 mpg) and I've fixed a lot of machinery over the years... heck, my WIFE noticed and asked if something was wrong..... but it comes and goes, miss mixes in with the V-4 uneven cadence... hard to say for sure...
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I've gotten 25mpg at 75 mph (actual GPS speed) for the last three tanks.... all stock except for cored out pipes. For those who've changed their own spark plugs at the 12k miles interval did they look used up? Or still plenty serviceable? (I'm over on mileage for those)
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I added Bub Sleepers, K&Ns, and a Dyna ignition module. I had read here on this site that with these mods, no rejetting is required but I was skeptical so I had a local tuner play with it on his dyno. He agreed it was fine and suggested no changes except to the size of my wallet!
I have since put over 13000 km on, about 7000 km pulling a 500+ pound camper trailer with my wife and I bothe aboard, on 87 octane gas with no problems whatsoever.
Spark plugs were done about 1000 km ago, nice light brown, even colour, just like it ought to be.
I'd just stick them on and run it!
Sooooo..... what are the numbers? Any performance increase? Baseline hp & torque numbers? After the mods? Inquiring minds want to know...
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My neck is ON FIRE... never thought about the BIKE doing it to me...
to the guy with the Flanders bar change info... do you have before and after top views?? Any more info?
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had the ultimate as well.... the seat is still "V" shaped and KILLED my tailbone. The Russell is even MORE $$$$$!!!!!! DOH!!!!
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no such animal, as a '96, venture.
no production between 94 and 98.
check your vin # and you should be able to tell what year you really have.
just jt
Dude said it was a '96 Royal Star... didn't say Venture. JFWIW
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my gawd..... have someone fly and RIDE!!!!! It's just down the street!!!!
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concours
i'm interested in this seat. Do you have pics with the seat installed? I read in their web site how to proceed to get the mod, to be sure can you explain how you did.
thank you
I don't have any images.. Their website has two pictures of the seat on a red RSV (close enough to same for RSTD). I just took pictures, measurements and such. Told him higher is OK, etc.
Seat is perfect...
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www.day-long.com solved my problem. I had the Mustang, but it was too far forward and shaped poorly.
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Here's what I did....
http://[img]http://pics.tdiclub.com/data/3881/medium/Royal_Star_cut_pipe_1.JPG[/img]
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Don't lug the engine... wind it up... 5th gear is reserved for expressway cruising only.... 50 in 5th is killing it.....
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I'm finally in a position to buy an aftermarket seat. I hear great things about the Mustang's. And I've heard good & bad about the Ultimates. And I've heard more bad than good about Corbin's. I've only sat on the Mustang once and it was on a Valkyrie. I really wasn't sure what to think. I'm 6'4 and weigh about 300 pounds if that helps anyone help me make a decision. I also have to consider my wife's comfort if anyone has advise on that. Thanks, Scotty
Beware... different bikes have totally different ergonomics.. I had a Mustang and an Ultimate on a Valkyrie... AWESOME!!! Ultimate on the RSTD sucked.... because the frame of the RSTD dictates a too far forward, V-bottom seat. I had to keep searching to get away from the small, V-shaped seating area. Soooooo.... what works well on one bike model is not always good on another. JFWIW
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www.day-long.com nothing else I've ridden even comes close. 36 years experience...
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I too am concerned about noise, the bike is very noisey. When I shift weight from side to side it goes away to some extent.... momentarily.
I also am hard of hearing so I don't know how much is excessive or not. But it is loud. Lots of power and such.
Anybody had their's looked at because of this??????
Bubber
TIRE noise is the most likely culprit if the noise changes when you shift from side to side... the OEM Brickstone scallops and makes a LOUD noise when leaned slightly...
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It's a lot of work and your resale value goes DOWN. Nothing personal, just a fact of life.
Enjoy.
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My bike also needs NO CHOKE when starting in the morning. Garaged, unheated... usually 60 degrees or so. I bought the bike used so don't know what normal is.. smells rich on the idle, maybe someone backed out the idle mixture screws. Can anyone else chime in on this? Need more baseline info. Have you all tried cold starting with NO CHOKE and a CLOSED throttle?
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I have the turn signal conversion kit from here... http://www.electricalconnection.com/ which retains the amber bulb for turn sig, but adds a ring of RED LED's at HALF brightness for running lights, and also changes to VERY BRIGHT RED LED's for auxiliary stop lights as well. I recommend it highly. I've always used the SOS Priority Lights in the past but this rocks way better. All trying to stay alive in Boston traffic at rush hour.
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No, no, no.... 30 something MPG means he's WAAAYYYYY too rich.... and NOT a vacuum leak. Been "jetted"? for aftermarket pipes or air filters? or stock? The enrichener system (choke) can be the problem if one or more carbs has a plunger not seating properly. Also a sunken float (or misadjusted float... anyone been IN those carbs?) will do it. Fouling plugs is either too much fuel dumping in (MOST likely) or an ignition problem (coil, wire, cap, etc.)
my VW Jetta TDI gets 50 mpg, weighs 3,000 lbs., has a faster top speed (chip modded) than my RSTD which gets 30mpg,
weighs 800 lbs., and is slower than any Yamaha has a right to be.
riding on gravel??
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Get a dirt bike and get some experience. It's the only way. All the "do this' and "don't do that" bits of advice are too vague. You have to see, feel, respond to, deal with varying traction first hand to learn how. I rode 20 miles up and back down a gravel road on the side of a mountain with my 6'-2" GF on the back... had a throttle party the whole way. Go get a cheap dirt bike and play with it.